Yasin Malik’s cousin 90th victim in Kashmir
September 16th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANSSrinagar, Sep 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik’s cousin, injured in police firing here, has become the 90th victim of the ongoing Kashmir violence.
Yaseer Hameed Sheikh, shot in Maisuma locality Aug 30 while playing carom on the road with friends, succumbed to his injuries in a New Delhi hospital Wednesday night.
“He had been shifted to Delhi for specialised treatment,” a distraught family member of the youth said here. Sheikh was allegedly shot without any provocation.
The constable who fired at him and other youths in Maisuma has been restrained to quarter guard duties and an enquiry ordered to establish the facts, police said.
The Kashmir Valley has been on the boil since June 11 with security forces gunning down 90 protesters.
- Fourth day of indefinite curfew in Kashmir, toll 90 - Sep 16, 2010
- Five hurt in police firing in Srinagar - Aug 30, 2010
- JKLF protests Kashmir 'killings, arrests', Malik detained - Mar 11, 2011
- Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar (With image) - Jan 06, 2012
- Yasin Malik, supporters arrested in Srinagar (Lead) - Sep 30, 2011
- Five wounded in police firing in Srinagar (Lead) - Aug 30, 2010
- Police baton charge protesters in Srinagar - Jan 21, 2012
- Three killed in Kashmir as protesters defy curfew, toll 93 - Sep 17, 2010
- Yasin Malik begins fast against detention of youths - Feb 26, 2011
- Yasin Malik arrested in Srinagar - Apr 28, 2011
- Protest over Yaseen Malik's arrest turns violent in Jammu and Kashmir - Apr 29, 2011
- JKLF chief courts arrest with 50 activists - Jun 18, 2010
- JKLF members clash with police in Srinagar - Feb 10, 2012
- Yasin Malik, legislator arrested in Srinagar during protests - Dec 10, 2011
- Boy killed in south Kashmir firing, toll rises to 65 - Aug 30, 2010
Tags: boil, carom, constable, cousin, enquiry, family member, jammu, kashmir, kashmir valley, kashmir violence, liberation front, locality, New Delhi, protesters, provocation, security forces, srinagar, wednesday night, yasin malik